Friday, March 29, 2013
Friday, March 29, 2013
3rd Grade - The vocabulary word today was Spurious which means false, counterfeit. Today's explorer was Henry Ford who invented the assembly line because he thought his workers should be able to purchase cars too. Students completed a Quotation Quizzler for their warm-up activity. They completed the Visual Thinking study with Max's Fanciful Phrases which are common words or phrases put into pictures. Our next adventure in Crystal Pond Woods is Evaluative Thinking where students are developing observable, measurable, factual criteria to make decisions. We then had the opportunity to observe ice.
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Thursday, March 28, 2013
4th Grade - Today's vocabulary word was Shoddy which means of poor quality or make; dishonest. Their explorer was Jackie Joyner-Kersee who overcame many obstacles to become an Olympic champion. Students completed the Quotation Quizzler for their warm-up activity. The affective lesson focused on the characteristics successful people demonstrate. One of those characteristics is caring. To demonstrate caring, students wrote pledges they could keep to others and the world around them. For the Systems study, students figured out how to convert watts to amperes and determined what was a safe circuit. The Exploration study had students performing open heart surgery as they focused on the importance of keeping all of the body systems healthy.
5th Grade - Their vocabulary word for today was Retrieve which means to recover; to find and bring back; to get back. The explorer was Elijah McCoy who invented a way to oil moving parts without having to stop the machine. His invention became known as the "real McCoy". These students completed a Quotation Quizzler puzzle for the warm-up activity. What was important to them was the focus of today's affective lesson. Our last series of lessons on the Industrial Revolution led to today's study of Settlement Structures and how the Industrial Age led to changes in city populations.
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
2nd Grade - Students continued a Visual Thinking lesson where they took a common nursery rhyme and converted the rhyme to shapes that told the story.
4th Grade - Today's vocabulary word was Shoddy which means of poor quality or make; dishonest. Their explorer was Jackie Joyner-Kersee who overcame many obstacles to become an Olympic champion. Students completed the Quotation Quizzler for their warm-up activity. The affective lesson focused on the characteristics successful people demonstrate. One of those characteristics is caring. To demonstrate caring, students wrote pledges they could keep to others and the world around them. For the Systems study, students figured out how to convert watts to amperes and determined what was a safe circuit. The Exploration study had students performing open heart surgery as they focused on the importance of keeping all of the body systems healthy.
4th Grade - Today's vocabulary word was Shoddy which means of poor quality or make; dishonest. Their explorer was Jackie Joyner-Kersee who overcame many obstacles to become an Olympic champion. Students completed the Quotation Quizzler for their warm-up activity. The affective lesson focused on the characteristics successful people demonstrate. One of those characteristics is caring. To demonstrate caring, students wrote pledges they could keep to others and the world around them. For the Systems study, students figured out how to convert watts to amperes and determined what was a safe circuit. The Exploration study had students performing open heart surgery as they focused on the importance of keeping all of the body systems healthy.
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
2nd Grade - The affective lesson today focused on the understanding that making and keeping friends may help alleviate stress. Students brainstormed characteristics they had that would make other boys and girls want to be their friends.
4th Grade - Today's vocabulary word was Shoddy which means of poor quality or make; dishonest. Their explorer was Jackie Joyner-Kersee who overcame many obstacles to become an Olympic champion. Students completed the Quotation Quizzler for their warm-up activity. The affective lesson focused on the characteristics successful people demonstrate. One of those characteristics is caring. To demonstrate caring, students wrote pledges they could keep to others and the world around them. For the Systems study, students figured out how to convert watts to amperes and determined what was a safe circuit. The Exploration study had students performing open heart surgery as they focused on the importance of keeping all of the body systems healthy.
5th Grade - Their vocabulary word for today was Retrieve which means to recover; to find and bring back; to get back. The explorer was Elijah McCoy who invented a way to oil moving parts without having to stop the machine. His invention became known as the "real McCoy". These students completed a Quotation Quizzler puzzle for the warm-up activity. What was important to them was the focus of today's affective lesson. Our last series of lessons on the Industrial Revolution led to today's study of Settlement Structures and how the Industrial Age led to changes in city populations.
4th Grade - Today's vocabulary word was Shoddy which means of poor quality or make; dishonest. Their explorer was Jackie Joyner-Kersee who overcame many obstacles to become an Olympic champion. Students completed the Quotation Quizzler for their warm-up activity. The affective lesson focused on the characteristics successful people demonstrate. One of those characteristics is caring. To demonstrate caring, students wrote pledges they could keep to others and the world around them. For the Systems study, students figured out how to convert watts to amperes and determined what was a safe circuit. The Exploration study had students performing open heart surgery as they focused on the importance of keeping all of the body systems healthy.
5th Grade - Their vocabulary word for today was Retrieve which means to recover; to find and bring back; to get back. The explorer was Elijah McCoy who invented a way to oil moving parts without having to stop the machine. His invention became known as the "real McCoy". These students completed a Quotation Quizzler puzzle for the warm-up activity. What was important to them was the focus of today's affective lesson. Our last series of lessons on the Industrial Revolution led to today's study of Settlement Structures and how the Industrial Age led to changes in city populations.
Monday, March 25, 2013
Monday, March 25, 2013
Welcome Back! I hope everyone enjoyed a restful Spring Break.
2nd Grade - Today's vocabulary word was Exploit which is a daring or heroic act. The explorer was Frank Thomspon. Actually, Frank Thompson was Sara Emma Edmonds, who disguised herself as a man in order to join the army. Students completed a Quotation Quizzler puzzle for the warm-up activity.
5th Grade - Their vocabulary word for today was Retrieve which means to recover; to find and bring back; to get back. The explorer was Elijah McCoy who invented a way to oil moving parts without having to stop the machine. His invention became known as the "real McCoy". These students completed a Quotation Quizzler puzzle for the warm-up activity. What was important to them was the focus of today's affective lesson. Our last series of lessons on the Industrial Revolution led to today's study of Settlement Structures and how the Industrial Age led to changes in city populations.
2nd Grade - Today's vocabulary word was Exploit which is a daring or heroic act. The explorer was Frank Thomspon. Actually, Frank Thompson was Sara Emma Edmonds, who disguised herself as a man in order to join the army. Students completed a Quotation Quizzler puzzle for the warm-up activity.
5th Grade - Their vocabulary word for today was Retrieve which means to recover; to find and bring back; to get back. The explorer was Elijah McCoy who invented a way to oil moving parts without having to stop the machine. His invention became known as the "real McCoy". These students completed a Quotation Quizzler puzzle for the warm-up activity. What was important to them was the focus of today's affective lesson. Our last series of lessons on the Industrial Revolution led to today's study of Settlement Structures and how the Industrial Age led to changes in city populations.
Friday, March 15, 2013
Friday, March 15, 2013
3rd Grade - Today's vocabulary word was Oscitant which means inattentive. Their explorer was Albert Einstein. He was a student that teachers didn't think could learn, but he is known as one of the smartest men to have ever lived. Students completed a Plexer puzzle for the warm-up activity. Our trip to Crystal Pond Woods had students playing a game with numbers similar to Scrabble. The Discovery lesson began focusing on ice. We watched a video about glaciers. Then we demonstrated how they form and move using students as layers of snow. Since global warming/climate change were discussed in the video, students designed a way to keep coastal cities safe in case the ice caps ever melt.
Have a great Spring Break!
Have a great Spring Break!
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Thursday, March 14, 2013
4th Grade - This week's vocabulary word was Wean which means to withdraw from any type of habit. Today they had two explorers: Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan. With the help of Anne Sullivan, Helen Keller was able to overcome her disabilities and focus on what she could do. Students completed Plexer puzzles for the warm-up activity. The affective lesson concentrated on people's differences and how we should treat those with different disabilities. Our Exploration lesson continued to explore Hunger in America. Students designed healthy menus. The Discoveries lesson had students experimenting with electricity.
5th Grade - Today's vocabulary word was Underdog which means a loser or predicted loser in a struggle or contest. Their explorer was John Walker who discovered the first friction match. These students also completed the Plexer puzzles for their warm-up activity. The affective lesson focused on treating others the way we want to be treated. For the Structures lesson, students presented their findings on the Industrial Revolution. The Exploration lesson added cones and domes to the space stations.
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
4th Grade - This week's vocabulary word was Wean which means to withdraw from any type of habit. Today they had two explorers: Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan. With the help of Anne Sullivan, Helen Keller was able to overcome her disabilities and focus on what she could do. Students completed Plexer puzzles for the warm-up activity. The affective lesson concentrated on people's differences and how we should treat those with different disabilities. Our Exploration lesson continued to explore Hunger in America. Students designed healthy menus. The Discoveries lesson had students experimenting with electricity.
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
2nd Grade - Our trip to Crystal Pond Woods had students continue developing their Visual Thinking skills. Today, they were looking at shapes in order to determine nursery rhymes.
4th Grade - This week's vocabulary word was Wean which means to withdraw from any type of habit. Today they had two explorers: Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan. With the help of Anne Sullivan, Helen Keller was able to overcome her disabilities and focus on what she could do. Students completed Plexer puzzles for the warm-up activity. The affective lesson concentrated on people's differences and how we should treat those with different disabilities. Our Exploration lesson continued to explore Hunger in America. Students designed healthy menus. The Discoveries lesson had students experimenting with electricity.
5th Grade - Today's vocabulary word was Underdog which means a loser or predicted loser in a struggle or contest. Their explorer was John Walker who discovered the first friction match. These students also completed the Plexer puzzles for their warm-up activity. The affective lesson focused on treating others the way we want to be treated. For the Structures lesson, students presented their findings on the Industrial Revolution. The Exploration lesson added cones and domes to the space stations.
4th Grade - This week's vocabulary word was Wean which means to withdraw from any type of habit. Today they had two explorers: Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan. With the help of Anne Sullivan, Helen Keller was able to overcome her disabilities and focus on what she could do. Students completed Plexer puzzles for the warm-up activity. The affective lesson concentrated on people's differences and how we should treat those with different disabilities. Our Exploration lesson continued to explore Hunger in America. Students designed healthy menus. The Discoveries lesson had students experimenting with electricity.
5th Grade - Today's vocabulary word was Underdog which means a loser or predicted loser in a struggle or contest. Their explorer was John Walker who discovered the first friction match. These students also completed the Plexer puzzles for their warm-up activity. The affective lesson focused on treating others the way we want to be treated. For the Structures lesson, students presented their findings on the Industrial Revolution. The Exploration lesson added cones and domes to the space stations.
Monday, March 11, 2013
Monday, March 11, 2013
2nd Grade - Today's vocabulary word was Instill which means to put a feeling or idea in someone's mind slowly. Students had four explorers today; Zachary Taylor, Mallard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, and James Buchanan. Zachary Taylor was a very religious man and refused to be sworn in as President on Sunday. Therefore, the President Pro-Tem of the Senate became president for 24 hours until Mr. Taylor was sworn into office. Students completed a Plexer puzzler for their warm-up activity.
5th Grade - Due to a meeting Mrs. Rains has to attend, this class will come to Enrichment on Thursday.
5th Grade - Due to a meeting Mrs. Rains has to attend, this class will come to Enrichment on Thursday.
Friday, March 8, 2013
Friday, March 8, 2013
3rd Grade - Sojourn which means a short stay or brief residence was today's vocabulary word. Thomas Edison, who only had a few years of formal schooling, was the explorer. Students played 20 Questions for the warm-up activity. In Crystal Pond Woods, students had the opportunity to practice looking for visual clues. The Relationships lesson focused on the energy pyramid. The Discoveries lesson had students developing a billboard for the inventions they have researched.
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Thursday, March 7, 2013
4th Grade - Today's vocabulary word was Swelter which means oppressed by heat. Their explorer was Thomas Jefferson who authored the Declaration of Independence. They played 20 Questions for their warm-up activity. The affective lesson focused on Courage. created a shield that represented themselves and a courageous act they completed. After learning about hunger in other parts of the world, students developed healthy menus based on the USDA's new food plate (previously known as the food pyramid).
5th Grade - These students had two vocabulary words: Acclaim which means enthusiastic public praise and approval, and Innate which means possessed at birth, inborn, a natural characteristic. Their explorer was Guglielmo Marconi, who invented the radio (not the telegraph as originally reported in this blog). The affective lessons covered how to be prepared for a "sticky" situation, things they don't want their children to face, manners and reasons to be proud of yourself. Students were introduced to the Industrial Revolution. After reading the literature about a particular aspect of the Industrial Revolution, students created a product and shared what they learned with their classmates.
One student chose to write a blog entry. Here is her project:
Ring,Ring! Today, it seems every person has a smartphone. Apple, Android, Google, Samsung. It’s amazing how far we’ve come since the late 1800s. When Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, I’m sure he didn’t think about where it would be in a hundred years: I’m the hands of millions of people. In 2000, 100 million people had wireless phones. One of the first commercially available phones was the TAT-1. If you adults remember the clunky phones from when you were a child, it shouldn’t be too hard to imagine a bigger phone from 1899. Dial phones have been around just as long. TEENSY TIDBIT: The 1st three digits in a phone number stand for your area. The next three stand for I-have-no-clue, and the last four represent your land numbers. The loading coils were first used commercially in New York. Did you know that the world’s longest telephone line has 2,500 TONS of copper in it? So next time you tell your son/daughter to get off the phone, take a moment to thank modern technology for better communication.
5th Grade - These students had two vocabulary words: Acclaim which means enthusiastic public praise and approval, and Innate which means possessed at birth, inborn, a natural characteristic. Their explorer was Guglielmo Marconi, who invented the radio (not the telegraph as originally reported in this blog). The affective lessons covered how to be prepared for a "sticky" situation, things they don't want their children to face, manners and reasons to be proud of yourself. Students were introduced to the Industrial Revolution. After reading the literature about a particular aspect of the Industrial Revolution, students created a product and shared what they learned with their classmates.
One student chose to write a blog entry. Here is her project:
Ring,Ring! Today, it seems every person has a smartphone. Apple, Android, Google, Samsung. It’s amazing how far we’ve come since the late 1800s. When Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, I’m sure he didn’t think about where it would be in a hundred years: I’m the hands of millions of people. In 2000, 100 million people had wireless phones. One of the first commercially available phones was the TAT-1. If you adults remember the clunky phones from when you were a child, it shouldn’t be too hard to imagine a bigger phone from 1899. Dial phones have been around just as long. TEENSY TIDBIT: The 1st three digits in a phone number stand for your area. The next three stand for I-have-no-clue, and the last four represent your land numbers. The loading coils were first used commercially in New York. Did you know that the world’s longest telephone line has 2,500 TONS of copper in it? So next time you tell your son/daughter to get off the phone, take a moment to thank modern technology for better communication.
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
2nd Grade - After watching a video around the story Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, students practiced and discussed ways to handle anger.
4th Grade - Today's vocabulary word was Swelter which means oppressed by heat. Their explorer was Thomas Jefferson who authored the Declaration of Independence. They played 20 Questions for their warm-up activity. The affective lesson focused on Task Commitment. Students learned about motivators that drive them to complete a task. After learning about hunger in other parts of the world, students developed healthy menus based on the USDA's new food plate (previously known as the food pyramid).
4th Grade - Today's vocabulary word was Swelter which means oppressed by heat. Their explorer was Thomas Jefferson who authored the Declaration of Independence. They played 20 Questions for their warm-up activity. The affective lesson focused on Task Commitment. Students learned about motivators that drive them to complete a task. After learning about hunger in other parts of the world, students developed healthy menus based on the USDA's new food plate (previously known as the food pyramid).
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Classes were moved to Thursday this week while Mrs. Rains attended meetings throughout the day.
Monday, March 4, 2013
Monday, March 4, 2013
2nd Grade - The vocabulary word today was Plausible which means something that seems reasonably true but may not be. Two former Presidents were today's explorers: John Tyler and James Knox Polk. They were known as "His Accedence" and a "dark horse" respectively. We played 20 Questions for the warm-up activity.
5th Grade - These students had two vocabulary words: Acclaim which means enthusiastic public praise and approval, and Innate which means possessed at birth, inborn, a natural characteristic. Their explorer was Guglielmo Marconi, who invented the telegraph. The affective lessons covered how to be prepared for a "sticky" situation, things they don't want their children to face, manners and reasons to be proud of yourself. Students were introduced to the Industrial Revolution. They will be completing a brief research project about various aspects of that time period. They reviewed how to research without coping.
5th Grade - These students had two vocabulary words: Acclaim which means enthusiastic public praise and approval, and Innate which means possessed at birth, inborn, a natural characteristic. Their explorer was Guglielmo Marconi, who invented the telegraph. The affective lessons covered how to be prepared for a "sticky" situation, things they don't want their children to face, manners and reasons to be proud of yourself. Students were introduced to the Industrial Revolution. They will be completing a brief research project about various aspects of that time period. They reviewed how to research without coping.
Friday, March 1, 2013
3rd Grade - The vocabulary word of the day was Chaparral which means a thicket of shrubs and small trees. Alexander Graham Bell, who also invented the comic book, was today's explorer. They worked on a Stories with Holes problem for the warm-up activity. In Crystal Pond Woods, students have been developing their visual thinking skills. Today, they played Web Walkers as a method of enhancing that skill. The relationship lesson had students exploring various habits of animals.
Thank you to Mrs. White who filled in during Mrs. Rains absence.
Thank you to Mrs. White who filled in during Mrs. Rains absence.
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